According to the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), the SA government was
"appalled and disappointed" that e.tv censored visuals showing Advocate Gcina Malindi breaking down in tears during the South Gauteng High Court proceedings relating to "The Spear" portrait. In its turn, eNews expressed its
"grave concern" that GCIS would accuse the channel of bias and selective reporting.
Many people might agree that as filming court proceedings is not a given, and that as access is granted subject to certain restrictions, it makes perfect sense to
not broadcast such potentially problematical clips until there is clarity from the judges. To go ahead when there is doubt as to whether permission will be granted or not is to jeopardise the filming of court proceedings in the future.
This should get the tongues wagging... Bobby Godsell says
SA needs a UK-style high pay panel to check into executive pay - which he reckons is excessive and lacks transparency.
Blade to cut a swath through EC colleges? As we all know, education in the Eastern Cape, well... say no more. Hence, it's no surprise that Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande has appointed a team to investigate maladministration and corruption at further education and training (FET) colleges in the Eastern Cape in an effort to
clean them up.
Share and share alike... Despite a few murmurs some time back that sharing the Square Kilometre Array was not an option,
it is. Sense prevailed - so it's a case of rather some of SKA, than nothing of SKA.
Finally, our resident motor head, Henrie Geyser gets passionate over the new
red-blooded Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCT.
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Oikocredit, a leading international micro-finance organisation, will present its vision for Africa's micro-finance sector at this year's Africa Finance & Investment Forum (AFIF2012), hosted by EMRC International and Rabobank. 
The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited (SBSA) has signed a US$1.35 billion, 36-month term loan facility in London. The transaction was launched in an amount of US$750 million and an oversubscription of US$726 million was obtained, thus allowing for a final take of US$1.3 billion. 
The low level of tax compliance by companies is "less than satisfactory" and compares unfavourably with individuals, whose compliance has shown dramatic improvement, says South African Revenue Service (SARS) head Oupa Magashule. 
The government was warned in 2010 that collection costs for the controversial e-toll system would be considerably higher than a petrol levy or tax, Beeld newspaper reported on Monday. 
South Africans are living through "dangerous times", Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan told Parliament on Friday, saying it was "clear that investment is still held back by both global and domestic uncertainties". 
